Abilene police seize 130 grams of meth from vehicle

Abilene police arrested a man Tuesday after they found more than $14,000 worth of narcotics in his vehicle, according to police Spokesman George Spindler.

Michael H. Longoria, 26, was arrested by police and charged with delivery of controlled substances, possession of dangerous drugs and for misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Spindler said Longoria's vehicle was pulled over by an officer conducting a traffic stop, as part of an "ongoing investigation into probable drug trafficking." Longoria was accompanied by a woman in the passenger seat of the vehicle.

Longoria's driver's license was reportedly invalid and he was jailed by police, Spindler said. After the arrest, a drug dog alerted on the vehicle — police found 130.4 grams of methamphetamine, valued at $13,000, and 18.3 grams of marijuana, valued at about $1,000, in the vehicle.

The passenger was detained by police, questioned and released without being charged in the incident.

Longoria is being held at Taylor County Jail in lieu of a $41,950 bond.